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BASE POR COLUMNS, &o. APPLICATION FILED JAN.27,19Q5.

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PATBNTED 00T. 15, 1907.

UNXTED STATES CHARLES E. ZIML'IERMANN, OF SYRAGUSE, NEW YORK.

BASE FOR COLUMNS, 86e.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Application filed January 27, 1905. Serial No. 242,884.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES E. ZIMMERMANN, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in .Bases for Columns, Src., Oi which the following, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, is a lull, clear, andexact description.

This invention pertains to columns, pillars or posts which are used inthe construction of buildings and are composed of wood, and theinvention resides in an improved construction of a base for supporting acolumn upon the floor of a building.

The present invention has special reference to the style oi base shownand described in my Letters Patent No. 769,976, issued Sept. 13, 1904,in which the column-base is composed of cast-iron and formed in onepiece with its supporting-feet and with an annular horizontal seat forthe column, which seat extends only around the marginal portion of thebottom 0i the colunm and projects horizontally Irom the column. l havefound by experience that the said base is expensive in construction anddoes not afford the necessary support for a heavy column, and subjectsthe peripheral portion of the bottom of the column to excessive strain,and furtherimn'e the horizontal projection of the base around theexterior of the column tends to conduct to the bottom of the column thewater which may descend on the exterior of the column.

The object of my present invention is to Obviate the aforesaid defects,and to that end the invention consists in the improved construction ofthe columnsbase hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings Figure l is an elevation of the lower portion ofa column or pillar provided with my improved base, Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section taken on the dotted line -X-X- in Fig. l., Fig. 3is a detached plan view of the base, Fig. l is an inverted plan view ofthe same, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of one of the main supportingfeet.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding facts.

-A- represents a column which is usually composed of wood and may be ofany desired style or size.

--B denotes the base of the column, which base is composed oi a block ofwood and may be of any desired shape, preferably square. and provided onits top with an annular step -awhich rises from the top of the margin orcorner-portions of the block and has its top flush with a horizontalcircular seat which is surrounded by the step and extends to the centeroi the block. Said step is smaller in diameter than the bottom of theeolumn mounted on the seat and thus the column is caused to projectlaterally from the step. Said projection serves to shed the water fromthe bottom of the column without allowing the water to enter between thebottom 0f the column and its aforesaid seat.

-CC- denote feet by which the base is supported on the floor -D-, whichfeet are Ylormed of suitable metal and are disposed at the corners ofthe base. These feet are preferably oi. the form of sectors, as clearlyshown in Figs. 4 and 5, thereby permitting the floor beneath the base tobe easily cleaned` The said base is provided with vertical aperturesb-wb which coincide with apertures w#-0- formed in the feet -C-C-, andthrough said apertures pass screws -clwclwhich enter theliloor -Dwhereby the base is securely sustained in its position on the floor andthe feet held under the base.

l prefer to counter-bore the upper face oi the base as indicated at-e-eto accommodate the heads of the screws to conceal the latter, andapply suitable fillers ff to the counter-bores and thus not mar theappear-ance oi the base, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

To prevent the feet from turning, I form the same with pointed studs orlugs l on their top faces which become embedded in the base as indicatedzt -g-.

I -Clrepresents a prop formed separate from the corner-feet CM andplaced under the center of the block and attached thereto preferably bya screw 7kas shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

What I claim is:

A column-base comprising; a wooden block formed separate vfrom thecolumn and provided near its edge with vertical apertures andcounter-bores thereat in its upper face, metallic supporting-feetprovided with coinciding apertures, and formed with pointed studs orlugs embedded .in the block, screws passing through the apertures andentering the floor and having their heads disposed in the counteubores,and fillers in said counter-bores as set forth.

CHARLES E. ZIMMERMANN.

Witnesses J. J. LAAss,

L. H. FULMER, l:

